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Sargent v. Chubbuck

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided June 15, 1865PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Appeal from Linn District Court Homestead: change oe: voluntary conveyances, &c. — The plaintiffs, Sargent & Wilcox, are creditors of the estate of D. J. Chubbuck, deceased.

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Appeal from Linn District Court Homestead: change oe: voluntary conveyances, &c. — The plaintiffs, Sargent & Wilcox, are creditors of the estate of D. J. Chubbuck, deceased. This debt was contracted or created April 28,1860, and is for $264.12. The plaintiff, Kelsey, is likewise a creditor of the estate for $305.48; this debt being evidenced by a note of D. J. Chubbuck, dated March 15, 1858. Chubbuck died July 17, 1861. The personal property of the estate has been exhausted, and the estate is insolvent. This is a proceeding in equity commenced April 23, 1863, against the administrator, widow…

1Opinion of the CourtDillon, J.

iekangeot The evidence shows that on the 3d day of April, 1858 (which was prior to the creation 0f the debt of the decedent to Sargent & Wilcox, *39but subsequent to the creation of the debt to Kelsey), the _ decedent, D. J. Chubbuck, purchased a farm which at once became the homestead of himself and family, and remained so until the sale thereof, April 25, 1860.

Upon the sale of this farm, Chubbuck and his family “ moved directly ” to the house and lot nowin dispute. Before the removal from the farm, “ Chubbuck,” so testifies Colin, the vendor, “ talked to me about the purchase of the lot.”

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2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Pearson v. MinturnSupreme Court of Iowa · 1864

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Mitchell v. MilhoanSupreme Court of Kansas · 1873
  2. State Bank v. DoughertySupreme Court of Missouri · 1902
  3. Rogers v. RaisorSupreme Court of Iowa · 1882
  4. Lay v. TempletonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1882
  5. LaSalle Bank, N.A. v. Takes (In Re Takes)District Court, N.D. Iowa · 2005

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